apply Orange style to my search view

Question

I want to apply Orange style to my search view which is an item in the action bar menu , I generated the orange style using http://android-holo-colors.com/ and I assigned the style to my search view using

 <item
        android:id="@+id/menu_search"
        style="@style/EditTextOrange"
        android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
        android:icon="@drawable/action_search"
        android:showAsAction="always"
        android:title="search"/>

my style

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<!-- Generated with http://android-holo-colors.com -->
<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

  <style name="EditTextOrange" parent="android:Widget.EditText">
      <item name="android:background">@drawable/edit_text_holo_light</item>
      <item name="android:textColor">#000000</item>
  </style>

</resources>

How can I apply the style to my search view ?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 29 '13 at 15:25

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You can change the SearchView drawable like this:

<style name="EditTextOrange" parent="android:Theme.Holo">

    <item name="android:searchViewTextField">@drawable/mySearchView</item>

</style>

answered Jan 29 '13 at 15:25

Ahmad

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No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:searchViewTextField'. – Mohammed Subhi Sheikh Quroush Jan 29 '13 at 15:32
What API are you building against. This will only work for Android HC+ (of course). – Ahmad Jan 29 '13 at 15:34
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For ActionBarSherlock it should be – Yaroslav Mytkalyk Jan 29 '13 at 15:40
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@DoctororDrive yap, and also you would have to inherit your styles from the Sherlock Theme. – Ahmad Jan 29 '13 at 15:41
I read this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11085308/changing-the-background-drawable-of-the-searchview-widget and it didn't work for me – Mohammed Subhi Sheikh Quroush Jan 29 '13 at 16:32

Mohammed Subhi Sheikh Quroush · Answer 2 · 2013-01-29T17:57:17.200

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I solve the problem using textfield_activated_holo_light image which is generated from http://android-holo-colors.com/

searchPlate.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.textfield_activated_holo_light);

edited Jan 29 '13 at 17:57

answered Jan 29 '13 at 17:15

Mohammed Subhi Sheikh Quroush

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Hey @Mohammed, the only issue is that the Holo drawable which just looks like an underline seems to be positioned further away from the bottom of the `ActionBar` then the default Holo underline? Why is that? – Etienne Lawlor Jun 24 '13 at 07:54

apply Orange style to my search view

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